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Campus poker push
Online play hosting, campus competition make it easier for students to get fix of popular poker action during school year
With the flip of a river card, a person's life can change in an instant.
When Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker main event in 2002 with the flip of the river - or the last card in a hand - there were 839 entrants. After this "any man" of sorts won the tournament, interest more than tripled, with 2,576 entrants the next year, including an overwhelming number of amateurs.
Student earns top honors as influential Filipina
Fighting for workers' rights, raising awareness on plight has been Oliveros' life passion
Claire Oliveros isn't content with sitting on the sidelines when it comes to human rights violations in the Philippines.
Oliveros, the coordinator of the Multicultural Center at Portland Community College and a student at OSU's Community College Leadership Program, will receive an award as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipinas in the United States during the fifth annual Filipina Women's Network Summit, scheduled for Oct.
New social network stays college-only
Academically geared site hopes to fulfill needs of college student, include professor input
Facebook did what College.com promises to never let happen.
"Everyone can use Facebook," says a message on the main page of the social utility site.
Last year, Facebook.com decided to open its doors to a larger variety of internet users, and not just college students.
SHS offers HPV information, vaccination
n Monday information session stressed importance of vaccination for common virus
It is the most commonly known sexually transmitted disease, and most people are not even aware they carry it. It's called the human papillomavirus.
Although most people aren't aware the disease exists, information has abounded about the disease, both on campus and off.
